299174 - cookie pref: "for the orginating site only" doesn't strictly block all non orginating site cookies

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 299160

(Firefox :: Settings UI, defect)

Description

[Tracy Walker [:tracy]]

we have a testcase in testrunner that has caused confusion or reported failures
around this pref.  I'm looking for clarification to make the testcase as
accurate as possible.

- Set the prefs in Tools | Privacy | cookies to 
[x] Allow sites to set cookies (pref on)
  [ ] for the originating site only ( pref off)

- clear your cookies
- visit www.aol.com
- view cookies
[+]edge.ru4.com
[+]aol.com
[+]2o7.net
the above sites have cookies set.

then try it with: [x] "for the originating site only" (pref on)

- clear your cookies
- visit www.aol.com
- view cookies
[+]edge.ru4.com
[+]aol.com
the above sites have cookies set. cookies from 2o7.net were not allowed. Is that
expected, or should the cookies for edge.ru4.com have been blocked as well.

a strict interpretation of the pref wording would be that all cookies except
those from aol.com would be blocked.   

seems like a distant cousin of bug 287571

Comment 1

[OstGote!]

See Bug 299160, what is the difference?

Comment 2

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

(In reply to comment #1)
> See Bug 299160, what is the difference?

There is none. Which way to dupe is up to Tracy, I guess.

Comment 3

[Tracy Walker [:tracy]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 299160 ***

Comment 4

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

v. dupe